Answer of Section 4, Question 3
As Toronto-based documentary filmmaker Katerina Cizek notes, even as new technologies forge connections between people, they can also deepen cultural and political (i)______, eroding our common public arena for discussion instead of (ii)______ it.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
|---|---|
| (A) divides | (D) challenging |
| (B) understanding | (E) broadening |
| (C) identities | (F) precluding |
官方解說：
The words "even as" suggest a contrast between the two ways that, according to Cizek, new technologies can affect society. Since the first way is that the new technologies can "forge connections between people," the second way must be that the new technologies are somehow keeping people apart. Of the answer choices for Blank (i), only "divides" conveys this idea.
Of the answer choices for Blank (ii), only "broadening" establishes the necessary positive contrast with "eroding," a contrast indicated by the use of "instead of" before the blank: a deepening of cultural and political divides can result in the eroding instead of the broadening of our common public arena for discussion.
Thus the correct answer is divides and broadening.
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